Lap-robe holder for vehicles.



PATBNTED JUNE 28, 1904.

E. BLIGKENSDERPER. LAP ROBE HOLDER FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

Patented June 28, 1904-.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

ELIZABETH BLIOKENSDERFER, OF BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO.

LAP-ROBE HOLDER FOR VEHICLES.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pa.tent No. 763,459, dated June 28, 1904.

'Application filed March 23, 1904. Serial No. 199,641. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ELIZABETH BLICKENS- DERFER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Breckenridge, in the county of Summit and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lap-Robe Holders for Vehicles, of which the following is a-specification.

My invention pertains to lap-robe holders for vehicles; and its novelty, utility, and practical advantages will be fully understood from the following description and claim, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which 7 Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrative of a vehicle-seat equipped with three of my novel devices, the two outer devices being shown as holdinga lap-robe. Fig. 2 is an en largod detail section illustrating one of the devices as connected to a vehicle-seat and holding a lap-robe. Fig; 3 is a plan View of the spring of the clasp as said spring appears precedent to being bent into U shape in longitudinal section. vFig. 4 is a plan view, partly broken away, of one of the devices.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which A is a vehicle-seat having the usual cushion B, and O O O are my novel lap-robe holders. Three of the said holders are preferably employed, two being arranged adjacent to the ends of the seat for use when the same is occupied by two persons and one being arranged at the middle of the seat for use in conjunction with one end holder when but one person is on the seat. The holders are identical in construction, and therefore a detailed description of the one shown in .Figs. 2 to 4: will suflice to impart an understanding of all. Said holder comprises a looped strap a, connected, through the medium of nails 601' other suitable means, to the seat A and extending upwardly and forwardly over thecushion B, a slide 0 on said strap, and a clasp (Z, secured in the bight of the looped strap. As best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the clasp (Z is made up of a flat lower jaw 0, having an openingf in its rear portion to receive the bight of the strap a, a flat upper jaw g, and a spring it, disposed between the jaws c and g. The said spring is a flat spring, of steel or other suitable material, and has a body 6- approximately corresponding in width to the jaws e and g, and reduced portions 1' extending in opposite directions from the body. It is of U shape in longitudinal section, and its end portions tend to normally rest against each other and to return to such position subsequent to an opening of the clasp. Rivetslc l are employed to connect the body and the end portions, respectively, of the spring to the jaws e and g, and from this it follows that the spring is calculated to lend strength to both of the jaws as well as to connect the same and normally hold the forward ends thereof against each other and under considerable pressure. Because of both of the jaws and 9 being flat and being connected through the medium of a spring, such as described, it will be observed that when the clasp rests on the cushion B it will offer but a slight projection, and hence will not detract from the finished appearance of the vehicle-seat or be liable to render an occupant thereof uncomfortable.

When two persons occupy the vehicle-seat, the two end holders are used after the manner illustrated in Fig. 1-z'. 0., the lap-robe is interposed between the lower and upper jaws of the holder-claspswhile when but one person occupies the seat the robe will be held by the middle holder and one end holder. In either case it will be observed that the clasps will securely retain the lap-robe, and yet in the event of accident the robe may be quickly and easily jerked from the clasps, this because the opposed faces of the forward portions of the clasp-jaws are plain or free from teeth.

As will be readily appreciated by reference to Fig. 1, my novel lap-rope holders are calculated, when the clasps thereof are nickelplated or otherwise embellished, to enhance rather than detract from the finished appearance of a vehicle-seat.

Notwithstanding the practical advantages which I have ascribed to my novel holders, it will be noticed that the same are simple and inexpensive in construction and embrace no 

